Supply and Demand

["L.Andrew Jugle" <lajugle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Key thing about all "toy" collecting:  People desire to improve their 
lost youth.  Whether it be a Rosebud sled or neighbors new car, 
collectables come in and go out with time. Brass era cars, early toy 
trains and cast iron toys and banks(of which Walter P. Chrysler had the 
best collection) are now fading in values, with only premo, mint, 
originals holding values.  Classic cars are wavering.  As the baby 
boomers reach disposable income age and empty-nest and retirement, 
their wealth will now be concentrated on lost-youth "toys"---be they 
300s, Picassos or Howdy Doody dolls.

The tragedy in this are the widows of collectables freaks that have 
been told by their now-dead spouse, "Honey, that **** will worth a 
fortune when I die."...and now face a market that has long gone by.  
This is happening with Model T's, early toys, trains and other 
desirable objects of mostly pre-war age, the Great War, number I. The 
question will be the long haul and late 21st century interests.  My 
advice is play with the toys now, let the kids go fish. Most interests 
last about a lifetime, about 80 years.

L. Andrew Jugle, Elmhurst,IL